Cat Lim: 6 Months After a Watershed Election: How Is The Dust Settling?

[Confuseous]

As a political commentator who had closely watched the GE (and a few months later, the Elected Presidency Election which saw a continuation, indeed a sharpening, of the people’s anger and disenchantment), I would like to attempt to answer the questions that must be uppermost in the minds of many Singaporeans during this post-GE period: Just what is happening? What can we expect? Will Singapore society be truly transformed? To what extent will those lavish election promises be kept?

- http://catherinelim.sg/2011/12/04/six-months-after-a-watershed-election-how-is-the-dust-settling/

 

[HedgeTrader]

After election means PUB bills up, transport fares up and property taxes up KNN

 

[palden]

Millionster pay going up next. Up up and away. Sinkees sink lower and lower every day. Hahaha. Deserved it.

 

[Leepotism]

Millionster pay going up next. Up up and away. Sinkees sink lower and lower every day. Hahaha. Deserved it.

Legalised corruption is worse than corruption per se.

 

[laksaboy]

PAP never really kept the promises made in the GE2006 manifesto...and you expect it to keep its word after GE2011?

 

[freedalas]

PAP never really kept the promises made in the GE2006 manifesto...and you expect it to keep its word after GE2011?

This time round is different as PAP losses in 2011 GE is substantial in its political history. But having said that, don't expect any substantial changes. Some cosmetic changes will be made (in fact, the wayanging is going on right now) but in reality no concrete benefits will come out of it. The reason is simple. PAP is too entrenched in its thoughts and ways after 50 years of indoctrination by the old man. The reserves will never be allowed to touch, so how good can any of the changes they set out to do will benefit any S'poreans. Let's hope that S'poreans will see through the cosmetic changes and the wayang that the PAP will be putting out these few years running up to GE 2016 and consequently reduce their majority even further, hopefully much more further than GE 2011.